diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 3d1ac76ecbfd887795f240dfd0ffe0f3bc4cd831..31ae3f39a6a243e7475cf5677b2477bb62b79369 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -6046,6 +6046,7 @@ qemuProcessSEVCreateFile(virDomainObjPtr vm,
                          const char *data)
 {
     qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
+    virQEMUDriverPtr driver = priv->driver;
     char *configFile;
     int ret = -1;
 
@@ -6058,6 +6059,9 @@ qemuProcessSEVCreateFile(virDomainObjPtr vm,
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
+    if (qemuSecurityDomainSetPathLabel(driver, vm, configFile, true) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
     ret = 0;
  cleanup:
     VIR_FREE(configFile);